The TFAA asked world renowned sports economist Andrew Zimbalist to offer some insight on revenue sharing agreements between USATF and its athletes. It was interesting that he found it as difficult as we did to find out all the information to form his opinion. There are two big points:
1) Regardless of how you define professional, USATF is not redistributing revenues to its core athletes in line with other team or individual sports.
2) There is a need for greater transparency within USATF reporting in order for athletes’ to make informed decisions.
Athletes earn the right to compete for the Olympic and World Championship Team. They deserve to know more than the terms of the “Statement of Conditions.” They deserve to know what exactly they are giving up and what that’s worth in order to make informed decisions.
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The Track & Field Athletes Association, Inc. (TFAA) is a nonprofit trade association with a mission of enhancing the sport of track and field, road racing and race walking (track and field). Its constituency is professional track and field athlete and their supporters, who seek to improve and expand the participation in, and the fan base for, the sport of track and field domestically and internationally. TFAA’s members are professional track and field athletes, their representatives, coaches, event directors, and supporters.